New Greeting Card

Inspired by this photo of Jackson I have re-printed one of my early cards using my trusty gocco. It's currently available on Folksy and Etsy.

I like Jackson's expression in the picture as he looks slightly guilty. Probably because he knew he wasn't allowed on the chaise longue!

Forever Foxed's Muse

Our muse, Jackson the Wire Fox Terrier, died peacefully in his bed on Monday morning. He had battled long and hard against too many illnesses, a very brave little dog indeed. He leaves a huge terrier-shaped hole in our lives and will be greatly missed.

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year,

From all of us here at Forever Foxed HQ, including Jackson, the reluctant Rudolph.

Fox Terrier Fun Walk

Last Sunday saw the first "Fox Terrier Fun Walk" organised by Fox Terrier Rescue in Stanmer Park, Brighton. 16 WFTs in total attended, including my dog, Jackson, and we had a very pleasant amble around the park. The dogs all got along swimmingly, and were certainly a very handsome bunch so we stopped off at various points throughout the walk for plenty of photo opportunities.



You can see more photos here and if you have a Facebook account, take a look at the photos and video in the Foxed - Wire Fox Terrier Group Events. We hope to meet up again soon, so please contact Fox Terrier Rescue if you wish to be notified when the next walk takes place.

Christmas Card Exchange

This is the second year that we've taken part in the Dogs with Blogs Christmas card exchange whereby participants send Christmas cards to pals all around the world. Most people use straightforward photos of their dogs on the cards but we wanted to do something a little different.

I thought I might experiment with my gocco printer and print a photo of our dog Jackson with a difference. I decided to use this photo as I like the way he's looking directly at the camera.



Firstly I edited out the background and then superimposed a cartoony big nose and added the antlers. When trying to print a photo using a gocco it's best to add dots to the image so that it comes out like a newspaper photo. I could have done it in Photoshop, but I like the lo-fi photo screens that the gocco manufacturer Riso produce for this so I used one of them instead. It's placed directly on the photocopier screen and the image is put on top and copied. All images for gocco have to be photocopied or drawn using a special pen to get the right amount of carbon to work properly. It's all a bit technical for me, I'm afraid.

I then added the message using Lionel Text Diesel in red and silver ink.



I like the way it looks sort of faded, although the photo doesn't really do it justice and the writing is actually straight on the original cards, not slightly skew-whiff as seen here!

Do You Flickr?

I know I'm probably light years behind everyone else, but I've just discovered the delights of the image and video hosting website, Flickr. I like the idea of using it as another indirect marketing tool but I'm also just plain nosey and I love looking at these little snapshots of peoples’ lives. I suppose we're all voyeurs at heart.

In keeping with the Forever Foxed brand I'm using it primarily to post photos of our dog Jackson interspersed with a few of my greeting cards. Still not clear how blatant we're allowed to be about selling stuff so there's not even a hint of the word "etsy" except as a link in my profile. I've noticed that some people use it as a tag but I read on the etsy forums that it's verboten so I'm still being supercautious.

I've already joined a few Flickr groups and left some random comments here and there. I've even had 2 sales as a direct result of it which can't be bad in my first week of actively using it. So if you fancy a sneaky peek at my flickr page, please click here. Go on, you know you want to!

Happy Howl-o-ween!

Jackson says "Boo"!

Welcome to Forever Foxed

Hello and welcome to my new Forever Foxed blog. Here I will be publicising my new greeting card designs and sharing my love of all things fox terrier.

Meet the inspiration behind the cards, our 9 year old rescue Wire Fox Terrier, Jackson.